militia

Example Sentences

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Iran, he reminded me, has around 90 million people and an estimated 200,000 in the armed militia and paramilitary forces.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

A US state department official said an individual with ties to an Iranian-aligned militia group, Kataib Hezbollah, was detained by Iraqi authorities.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Iran has long cultivated militia allies across the Middle East as a way to project power and as a deterrent against attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

That same night, Israel got a tip from ordinary Iranians that the leader of the feared Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, was holing up with his deputies in a tent in a wooded area in Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

So they added three hundred rangers, forty local militia members, and fifty Native allies to their troop count.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz